NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully

Posted by cjnicholls on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @12:07PM
from the nasa.gov dept.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-webb-reaches-alignment-milestone-optics-working-successfully/

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Re:NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working S... by politelemon on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @05:31PM (#30704365)

The image is so fascinating, the way there are 'casually' so many galaxies visible.

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/te...

Zoom in and you can see some of the swirls of the galaxies. And I think there are two galaxies merging as well.

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Re:NASA’s Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working S... by gillytech on Friday March 18, 2022 @04:43PM (#30727261)

I wonder how big the star in the image actually is without the glare and if Webb would be able to capture direct images of exoplanets. That would be truly astonishing.

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